Design Tools

There are so many great online tools available these days to help web designers with ideas and creativity as well as resources to simplify some of the headaches of web design such as cross browser/platform issues. All web designers face the same problems, so in this section we'll be reviewing a selection of online tools, and awarding our own rating system.

Latest ... Google Fonts Analysis

Google fonts are becoming increasingly popular as a means to ensure that whatever device you are accessing your web pages on, and whatever version or operating system the device has been updated to, you can reliably see the same font as the designer intended you to see. The problem was long overdue a solution, as we no longer have to deal with whether the browser is on an Apple or a PC, but now we have Linux, Internet Explorer 6,7,8,9 and 10, Windows 7 and Windows 8, and of course iPhones, android phones and many more to come no doubt. Unfortunately even Google Fonts has the odd niggle, so as part of our quality control we're documenting our experience of testing Google Fonts across browsers. See Google Web Fonts and BrowserStack Analysis for more information.

Design Tools Review

Heres the rest of our current design tool reviews. We'll add more in time, but these are the ones we've found most useful in our project work for clients.

We just completed some very interesting analysis to assess the business benefit of the design work we do here at Griffen Mill. We looked at the before and after impact of a Gold Design, specifically looking at designs by James Morrison of Blue Squash, who is part of Griffen Mill. The bottom line was an average benefit of over £1,800 per year to clients. To see the full analysis visit the WebHealer blog

Recent Client Work

Site: www.goodwillguidance.comI enjoyed working with David to fine tune my new site design. We had useful conversations by email that gave me constructive food for thought about key design issues and options. Not only am I pleased with the result but I’ve also picked up some helpful tips along the way. Many thanks! See full case study